Review: Essie Bordeaux

The Essie varnish in Bordeaux is one of my favourite varnishes, its a fail safe option that I always go back to.

Its a deep dark wine colour and I first discovered it when I asked at a local nail salon if they had a colour similar to Chanel's Rouge Noir and they showed me this!  I fell in love with it.  I find it really suits me, I have very pale skin and some colours just look wrong on me and bring out the blue tones in my skin (not attractive!) but this colour really works for me!

Here is a shot a couple of hours after my manicure:

What are your fail safe varnishes?